WIAT Phonological Processing Skills

Question 1

A student is asked to say the word 'black' without the /l/ sound. What is the correct response?

Accepted Answer

back

Answer

Removing /l/ from 'black' (/blæk/) leaves /bæk/, spelled 'back'.

Question 2

Which task is the BEST example of phoneme segmentation?

Accepted Answer

Saying each sound in 'ship' separately: /ʃ/ /ɪ/ /p/

Answer

Phoneme segmentation requires breaking a spoken word into its individual phonemes, as in separating 'ship' into /ʃ/ /ɪ/ /p/.

Question 3

On the WIAT, the Pseudoword Decoding subtest measures a student's ability to:

Accepted Answer

Read nonsense words aloud using phonics rules

Answer

Pseudoword Decoding assesses phonological decoding by having students read pronounceable nonwords that have no meaning.

Question 4

A child says 'tup' for 'cup'. This error pattern is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Initial consonant substitution

Answer

The child replaced the initial phoneme /k/ with /t/, which is an initial consonant substitution.

Question 5

Which pair of words demonstrates a minimal pair differing only in vowel phonemes?

Accepted Answer

hit / hot

Answer

'Hit' /hɪt/ and 'hot' /hɑt/ differ only in the medial vowel phoneme, making them a vowel minimal pair.

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